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Just Friends (Dutch: Gewoon Vrienden) is a 2018 Dutch romantic comedy television film directed by Ellen Smit, starring Majd Mardo and Josha Stradowski.

Here is my tribute to this wonderul film. Show that love is love and we can find happiness.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Just Friends (Dutch: Gewoon Vrienden) is a 2018 Dutch romantic comedy television film directed by Ellen Smit, starring Majd Mardo and Josha Stradowski.[1] The film was shown on opening night of the Perth International Queer Film Festival and won the Audience Award after showing at the MIX Milano International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.[2] It premiered on BNNVARA on 7 March 2018.[3]

Synopsis

Joris is a 21-year-old nouveau riche Dutch man trying to come to terms with loss of his father 10 years earlier. His strong-willed, conservative, Islamophobic and racist mother is no help. Simone is caught up in her own emotions over her philandering late husband. Meanwhile, Yad, a 26-year-old Syrian refugee whose family settled in the Netherlands is employed to do chores for Joris’ grandmother Ans. He has returned from Amsterdam after “Amsterdam was too fun. My studies too boring” to live with his family “temporarily”. Yad has his own issues with his traditional upbringing and his dream to be a surfing instructor. Running his own business goes against the expectation that he continue his studies in medicine.

Despite different ages, backgrounds, and lifestyles there is an instant spark between the two. Drawn together through music and sports, mainly surfing, their feelings for each other grow, and they become more than “just friends”.

Their mothers, Simone and Maryam, threaten to jeopardize their relationship. Due to the pressure Yad and Joris have a falling-out. Things turn better after; their mothers realize “you do not control love, love controls you”, Joris reconciles with the loss of his father, and Yad finds the courage to embrace what he loves.[4]

Cast

  • Majd Mardo as Yad
  • Josha Stradowski as Joris
    • Stan Gobel as young Joris
  • Jenny Arean as Ans
  • Tanja Jess as Simone
  • Melody Klaver as Moon
    • Renske Hettinga as young Moon
  • Mohamad Alahmad as Elias
  • Nazmiye Oral as Maryam
  • Elène Zuidmeer as Fientje
  • Roscoe Leijen as Gerlof
  • Sjoerd Dragtsma as Mitch
  • Younes Badrane as Trainer
  • Anne Prakke as Bart
  • Sonia Eijken as Lely
  • Malcolm Hugo Glenn as Erwin
  • Tessa du Mee as Crematory clerk
  • Justin Mooijer as Yad’s friend
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The Long Hot Summer In Movie Stills The Wonderful, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Orson Welles and Angela Lansbury

This is one of my favorite films. They are all so alive and filled with there own special heat. Truly one of the great films.

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Click here to see my Gallery of collection of movie stills from The Long Hot Summer

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Sandra Dee’s, I’d Rather Be Rich 1964- Robert Goulet, Andy Williams, Watch the little Movie

I admit it, I Love Sandra Dee’s old movies. I just made this little film on one of her films. I hope you enjoy it. There is nothing like this anywhere in the world. The film still is not out in DVD or Blu-ray. How many of you remember this sweet little film? Hear Robert Goulet and Andy Williams sing “I’d Rather Be Rich”

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What AI has To Say About Me – Bruce Baumwoll’s Youtube Channel Is No More. Why He is now doing all his work on his own Blog? What Has This Taught Me. Keep Going.

Bruce Baumwoll & AI , What it saids about me.

Bruce Baumwoll (born 1952) is an American digital archivist, writer, and LGBTQ+ history preservationist best known as the creator of the Baumwoll Archives, an online repository sharing vintage media, queer social history, and nostalgia. [1]

Key Aspects of His Life & Career

  • The Baumwoll Archives: Inspired by a digital art lecture advocating for the public sharing of collections, Baumwoll founded his archive in 2010. The blog and its accompanying YouTube channel have reached over 2 million viewers, presenting historical films, paper ephemera, and personal retrospectives. [1, 2]
  • LGBTQ+ Preservation: A central pillar of his archiving work focuses on documenting the history of Jewish gay men and saving records of LGBTQ+ community spaces and advocacy that are often left out of mainstream history. [1, 2]
  • Personal Life & Activism: Baumwoll has been with his husband, artist and former architect Andrew Reach, for more than 45 years. They met at The Marlin Beach Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Originally meeting in Florida,
  • Creative Motifs: Deeply inspired by his maternal grandfather—a silent film era projectionist—Baumwoll processes information visually due to a learning difference, which drives his passion for cinema, photography, and personal crafts like cross-stitching. He also operates an online vintage movie memorabilia store called Vintage Palace. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Would you like to explore specific stories from the Baumwoll Archives, learn more about his husband Andrew Reach’s digital art, or look into their historical LGBTQ+ activism?

While Bruce Baumwoll’s YouTube channel is occasionally flagged or has specific videos go missing, the Baumwoll Archives channel is not permanently gone; rather, its content frequently shifts due to YouTube’s strict automated copyright and Content ID systems. [1]

Because Baumwoll’s archival style relies heavily on compiling external history, his videos run into a few structural hurdles on YouTube:

Why His Videos Disappear or Change

  • Automated Content ID Claims: Baumwoll heavily features vintage music, newsreel footage, and Hollywood movie clips (such as clips from Crossing Delancey or songs by artists like Susan Boyle). YouTube’s automated bots frequently flag these copyrighted materials. This can result in specific videos being blocked worldwide or taken down unexpectedly. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • Channel Name Changes: Over the years, his archival video presence has operated under different handles, originally launching under the YouTube channel name EvintageArchives before shifting to names directly associated with the Baumwoll Archives.
  • The Nature of Web Archiving: In his own writing, Baumwoll explicitly states that his process involves saving physical and digital photographs from around the internet “never with an ill intent” but simply to preserve and share them. Because he curates these materials independently and without corporate licensing, they remain highly vulnerable to DMCA takedown notices by large media rights holders. [1, 2]

Where to Find His Content Instead

If you cannot find a specific video on YouTube, you can usually find it directly through his self-hosted platforms:

  • The Official Website: The core of his collection is preserved safely away from YouTube’s algorithms on the official Baumwoll Archives Blog. [1]
  • Direct Blog Embedding: He frequently hosts alternative video players or text-and-photo breakdowns of his films directly within his blog posts, ensuring his work documenting LGBTQ+ spaces, Jewish paper ephemera, and Far Rockaway history is never permanently lost. [1, 2]

Are you looking for a specific video of his (such as his Far Rockaway history reels or his husband’s digital art videos)? I can help you track down where it is currently hosted.